LIVE THREAD: 2006 Torino Olympics - COMBINED WEEKEND THREAD

Free Republic ^ | February 24 & 25, 2006

[Howlin]

NBC OLYMPICS HOME PAGE

Complete Olympic Schedule

TV SCHEDULES

usolympicteam.com

Canada's CTV Olympics website

CBC.CA - Torino 2006

[Jo Nuvark]

[...Bode.BOMB...]

Outstanding!

[Republican Red]

It's obvious that NBC decided to build their prime time coverage around Michele Kwan, Bode Miller and Apolo Ohno. They decided to make those three the Olympic stars and their events rated prime time coverage, all else be damned.

Kwan drops out, Ohno has a slow start and Bode bombs. NBC really messed up bigtime. I can't remember an Olymics that didn't have a virtual nobody come out of the games a household name. I for one loved the Japanese figure skater Arakawa and I admit to loving a Canadian! The curling guy Brad Gushue became an Olympic favorite of mine.

NBC tried to force it all on the viewers instead of lettng the events happen.

[Jo Nuvark]

[...NBC tried to force it all on the viewers
instead of letting the events happen...]

Nothing new there. The real news is always
better than the synthetic stuff we're forced
to gag down. You think they would learn.

[Freee-dame]

Good grief, I just learned that gold medal winner Shizuka Arakawa has been living in Avon, CT and training at the International Skating Center of Connecticut in Simsbury...

It would be nice to see a list of the places where Olympians train. My bet would be that quite a few train in the USA. It would be good for the world to see another example of how welcoming this country is. Some are expats taking advantage of the opportunity for better training conditions. Others represent their country of origin only because they are not tops in their sport.

[STARWISE]

Interesting backgrounder on Julia Mancuso

She was awesome ... LOVE the tiara.

[Howlin]

Glad to do it! Better than watching alone, huh? Who would we gripe to? :-)

[Jo Nuvark]

I didn't see this, but my husband said Mancuso did a darling little "girly wriggle dance"
when she qualified for the GS. Perhaps Picabo disaproves.

The Maureen "Dowd"y types need to get over it. Femininity sells. SHAKE IT BABY!

[Howlin]

Yes, it does...........even to us women!

[Howlin]

Her dad doesn't seem to have learned anything from his ventures.

[Jo Nuvark]

[...SHAKE and SELL IT BABY...]

You go girl!!! LOL!

[Howlin]

I'm tired of butchy sportswomen!

[Brytani]

It's probably wrong to feel this way but.....

Does it bother anyone else how many athletes live in the US, make money in the US, train in the US, have support in the US then compete for another country?

[La Enchiladita]

Let's hear it for Bode Miller, the biggest dud in US Olympics history !!

LOL. Thankfully, we have some great unassuming, down to business athletes winning some gold, silver and bronze medals for the U.S.A.!!

Go, Team U.S.A.!!

[Brytani]

Which NBC have you been watching?!?!?! From the incessive commercials, cry-shows on the athletes, waiting until 11pm to show competitions that are the most popular AND failing to show most events live, NBC has done a horrible job.

[Jo Nuvark]

Sorry to leave you. Have a few errands to run.
But I'll try to get back this afternoon.

God bless! Go TEAM USA!!!

[STARWISE]

He was quite the dope dealer

And what I don't understand, is that he was allowed to keep millions from his criminal dealings

No he was no small potatoes

[JacksonCalhoun]

Ohno wins GOLD in the 500M! Nice job!
Results

[TrexDogs]

I'm so glad you posted that as I was positively itching to say .... Way to go Apollo!!! NBC stayed with the bronze medal hockey game but Canadian TV cut away to show the 500M final live. Wait until you see the race -- it is awesome! What a performance. Woohoooo.

[saquin]

Oh the Koreans are gonna go apes**t over this. Tee Hee.

[God luvs America]

I agree...NBC's coverage is horrible..but that is nothing new..

They are giving more coverage to the games in Torino then the games in Salt Lake City!!!

How the hell, when the ladies finals in figure skating in the biggest event, do you string it out until 12AM???

Did they learn nothing from Monday Night Football???